Word: novelized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Almost forty years have passed since Scarlett O'Hara, spurned by Rhett Butler, sat down on the stairway of her Atlanta house to mull over the future. Now, at last, Scarlett's petty-paced tomorrow is about to dawn-in a new novel and movie. Hollywood Producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown have won the right to produce a movie sequel to Margaret Mitchell's classic tale of the Old South, Gone With the Wind...
...sequel, which the producers plan to call The Continuation of Gone With the Wind, was an idea whose time had come almost as soon as the original novel was published. GWTW devotees felt that Scarlett and Rhett were destined to be reunited, and scores of writers and producers were eager to oblige; they wanted to cash in on the sequel to a story that has since gone through 85 hard-cover editions and has almost certainly been seen as a movie by more people than any other film in history. Since Margaret Mitchell's death in 1949, however...
Survival Books. Zanuck and Brown have an author who is willing to try. They have hired Anne Edwards, 49, to write "a deep, rich and complex novel" from which the screenplay will be adapted (the novel will be published in paperback at the same time the movie comes out). Says Brown: "Bear in mind that this is not the kind of project where a screenwriter can just sit down and write 'fade in.' " Even so, the producers want an outline this fall and the finished novel within a year...
Edwards is a veteran author; her nine books include a historical novel about Emily Dickinson, a biography of Judy Garland, and a soon to be published work on Vivien Leigh, who played Scarlett in the movie. Says Edwards: "All my books are about survival, and Scarlett was an absolute master of the art. I also consider myself a great survivor. In fact, I think of myself as Scarlett O'Hara." There are some parallels. Edwards' father was born into a wealthy family, but was unable to earn a living after the money ran out in the 1930s...
Does this mean that Rhett went to seek his fortune in New Orleans after leaving Scarlett? "I am not saying he did," hedges Edwards, who is keeping the developing novel strictly under wraps. "But I will say that he did not go to San Francisco." The only other clues she offers: Rhett and Scarlett will meet again and Scarlett will "become wiser...